Breville Juice Fountain Elite 800JEXL, Silver

Scenario ---- had a juicer for years, Juiceman Pro; chute small so lots of cutting required which resulted in looking for new large chute juicer to save prep time. Bought a Kuvings GMPD931U Centrifugal Juicer from Amazon. It was TERRIBLE (read my review on that one). Returned it --- and Amazon made it easy and emailed acknowledgement of refund VERY quickly --- NICE!!! Thanks! In the meantime, read reviews all over the place and decided on this juicer. Just gave it a good workout, and...Results --- it made outstanding juice --- far better yield and dryer pulp (is that the right word?) than any other juicer. The juice was more liquidy, and better tasting because of the fineness of the juice (no gritiness). Very impressive juice! Cleanup, took about the same amount of time as any juicer --- except the Kuvings which was much longer --- lots of crevices. This Breville has smooth edges and the stainless comes clean much quicker and easier than the plastic on the other two juicers I've used. Very pleased with the cleaning experience. And no juice got to the 'turner' under the screen thing and its holder. Also, NO JUICE OR PULP got outside the juice holder nor the pulp holder --- which kept the machine itself clean as well as the countertop. So in retrospect and compared to the other juicers I'll up my cleaning grade to "I don't see how it could be better" (which is my top score).Other factors --- This juicer is super-well built. The design is fantastic, heavy duty, built for the long haul. Especially impressive is the expelled pulp bin, which fits tight and doesn't allow any of it to be flung outside the container and onto the machine or countertop. Also, the juice holder is extremely well designed and keeps the juice from flinging outside a glass or other capture container. Another great thing about it is the size of the juice container. Because this machine is big, the spout sits higher than my other juicers; allowing a larger container (which comes with this unit and is extremely well-designed for this purpose. This saves time over others in keeping things clean (no splatters outside the supplied container --- WELL designed!!!) as well as eliminating the need to stop to empty a small container into a larger container as with the other juicers. I can juice a LARGE glassful of juice without stopping. One more thing is the quality of the overall unit and motor. The noise was not an issue at all, even though I was a bit concerned after reading some reviews. The motor is so powerful and smooth that any noise is pleasant. The low speed is quiet and I'd rate the high speed as 'medium' --- but not annoying at all because it is a smooth quality sound. And the juicing of the fruits and veggies is very fast and smooth. I even got cocky and put three large carrots in at once --- great results. The stainless build and the heavy metal bar/clamp that holds down the 'head' assembly is better than the plastic clamps on each side of the exterior like the other units I used. It is secure and is sleek. The overall look of the unit is fantastic. Best looking appliance in the kitchen. It's actually a little too tall to fit on the counter under the wall cabinets --- but I told my wife that since it's the best looking appliance in the kitchen we should just keep it in the middle of the kitchen table (she didn't say anything). So that means --- GREEN LIGHT!!! She loves it tooooo!!!!Hope this honest, straightforward review is helpful. It would have been to me because I really was hesitant to spend $275 for a juicer and I looked for any negative in juicer reviews I read to eliminate juicers from making my cut. Even though there were some negative comments I took a chance on this one because of all the positives I read. I'm very glad I did and feel that I'll juice more because of buying this one; which ultimately is the goal. The extra $s were well spent for me. Oh, one more thing. I was tempted to go with a remanufactured one to save $s but persuaded myself not to (increased risk --- something was wrong with it once and was it REALLY fixed??). I found a few other sites where I could have saved a couple of $$$s on the same juicer new (including shipping), but Amazon made return of the other juicer (Kuvings) so easy and hassle free I decided to spend a couple of extra $s to buy it from them --- just in case I didn't like this one either. Nice going Amazon. It's a pleasure doing business with you, you giant corporation! Overall, if you can squeeze enough nickels and pennies together to get this one because you want the quickest and best quality juicing experience you can get, buy this one from Amazon --- it's really worth it.

Hands down this thing is a beast. Super easy to clean. One tip, always put a bag in the container so it’s one less thing to clean. I love this thing and hands down you cannot deny the benefits.

Best juicer I have owned, it is highly engineered, very well made. The pulp is very dry so it is extracting maximum juice. I'm glad I bought this model Breville and not one of the others after researching it for months.

I guess I'm an "experienced juicer" - I owned a Juiceman II a few years ago, used it to make all kinds of juice. It was a decent little unit.But I was ready to move up. Having been around the juice carousel once, I knew what I wanted. Here are the things that the Breville Juice Fountain does like no other:1) It's easy to clean. If you don't think this matters, you've never used a juicer. Every part can go in the dishwasher. Parts that get heavy exposure to juice are brushed steel, so they don't stain. Every part can go in the dishwasher. The plastic parts are clear so you can see where the bits of pulp are hiding. The pulp can is specially shaped and sized to hold the bag that you used to hold your fruits and vegetables at the grocery store. And did I mention: every part can go in the dishwasher? That's huge.2) It doesn't drip, splatter, or spray. In other words, it's designed right. After a huge juicing session, your countertop will be clean beneath the machine.3) It's loaded with POWER. Sure, it has a huge 3" juicing feed tube - big enough to accept a whole medium sized apple - and that's neat. But if the disk at the bottom is going to slow down and bog when you press a whole apple on it, what good is that? None, because you'll end up having to take the machine apart, fishing a half-juiced stuck chunk out of the stuck disk, if there isn't enough power. The Breville's 1000 watt motor macerates an entire apple in less than half a second without even appreciably slowing down. And it could care less about seeds or stems, although you don't want to put too much wood down the feedpipe because you will drink bitter wood juice if you do.4) It's quiet. This is a side effect of the POWER, I think. Since the motor doesn't bog, it does its business efficiently without a lot of waste energy being dissipated as noise. It's not whisper quiet, but you could probably use it in the kitchen without waking up hubby in the bedroom. If your cat is sleeping in the kitchen, though, she'll wake up.5) It's got a really fine screen. Much finer than the one on the Juiceman. This means that there's no pulp in your beautifully colored, clear juices. It also means that the pulp is not quite as dry, and that you might have to work a little bit with the included stiff bristle brush to clean it to keep it operating efficiently. That's fine.6) It has two speeds - fast for hard fruits and veggies like carrots, ginger, and apples; slow for soft ones like grapes, berries, peaches, tomatoes, and peeled citrus. No compromise.Basically this is just a well-designed unit. Even the power plug has a hole in it so you can pull it out easily with 1 finger. There are no annoying nooks and crevices where unreachable pulp can hide. The included juice pitcher has a separate fill port that fits the spout perfectly, and a pour spout that has a special anti-foam ledge. And it's clear, with graduations every 2 ounces so you know just how much juice you've made. It feels like this is the juicer you'd design if you'd been thinking about juicers for many years.And you can get it shipped right to your door! The health benefits of fresh, unoxidized juice are incomparable. The labor savings are incredible - have you considered soup stock? Celery, onions, tomatoes, peppers? Healthy and delicious! And I'm looking forward to putting the Breville's output to work in my Cuisinart ice cream maker!The only caution I'd give is that if you drink 30 carrots the first day you get the machine, you might find yourself to be in violation of your states' "emissions laws" - if you know what I mean, and I think you do!So, what are you waiting for?